Software Engineer, Data Platform

Unchain Data; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Family planning

Job summary

Block is hiring a senior software engineer to own the data platform, enabling teams to work with trusted data at scale. You will shape data warehousing, orchestration, BI tooling, and governance while building scalable Python services and developer tools.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analysts, scientists, and product teams to deliver durable platform capabilities, set technical direction, and raise engineering standards across the company.

Qualifications

• Senior-level software engineering experience, with a track record of designing, shipping, and operating production systems.
• Hands-on experience building or operating data platforms, data products, or large-scale data infrastructure.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable modern data platforms.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Understanding of petabyte-scale data tradeoffs: performance, cost, reliability, access controls, lineage, quality, and governance.
• Experience collaborating with data practitioners and leading across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core data-platform capabilities, including data warehousing, orchestration, BI tooling, and data governance.
• Build reliable Python services and developer-facing tools for data products.
• Develop scalable infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Establish patterns for petabyte-scale data with strong governance and observability.
• Partner with data engineers, analysts, scientists, and product teams to translate needs into durable platform capabilities.
• Evaluate and implement agentic workflows that improve data work while maintaining controls.
• Set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Senior-level engineering

Python

Communication

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Apache Iceberg

Terraform

Buildkite

GitOps

DataHub

Anomalo

Looker

Omni

AWS

Job description

About Us

Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that's truly open to all. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we're helping build a financial system that is open to everyone.

The Role

We're hiring an experienced software engineer to build and own the data platform that helps teams across the company work with trusted data at scale. This role shapes the foundations for data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence, governance, and Block's agentic workflows. You'll combine strong software engineering with hands-on experience working closely with data, building platforms that make it safer and faster for data practitioners to discover, produce, transform, govern, and use data.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core data-platform capabilities, including data warehousing, orchestration, business intelligence tooling, and data governance.
• Build reliable Python services and developer-facing tools that improve how teams create and operate data products.
• Develop scalable infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Establish patterns that let teams manage petabyte-scale data while maintaining strong governance, security, reliability, and usability.
• Partner with data engineers, analysts, scientists, and product teams to turn their needs into durable platform capabilities.
• Evaluate and build agentic workflows that make data work more effective, while maintaining appropriate controls and observability.
• Set technical direction, raise engineering standards, and mentor other engineers.

Requirements

• Senior-level software engineering experience, with strong Python skills and a record of designing, shipping, and operating production systems.
• Hands-on experience building or operating data platforms, data products, or large-scale data infrastructure.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or comparable modern data platforms.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• A practical understanding of the tradeoffs involved in managing petabyte-scale data: performance, cost, reliability, access controls, lineage, quality, and governance.
• Experience collaborating directly with data practitioners, and empathy for the workflows they use to turn data into decisions.
• Strong technical judgment, clear communication, and the ability to lead across teams.

Technologies

• Languages: Python, Kotlin
• Data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Iceberg
• Orchestration & transformation: Apache Airflow, dbt, Prefect
• Infrastructure as code & CI/CD: Terraform, Buildkite, GitOps
• Catalog, lineage & data quality: DataHub, Anomalo
• BI & analytics: Looker, Omni
• Cloud: AWS

Compensation

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

• Zone A: $180,000 USD - $270,000 USD
• Zone B: $171,000 USD - $256,600 USD
• Zone C: $162,000 USD - $243,000 USD
• Zone D: $153,000 USD - $229,600 USD

Benefits

Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offerings.